{"author_link":"\/author\/alink\/","author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","comments":[{"author_name":"CherryNukaCola","author_uid":"4966","time":"Apr 23, 2012 @ 11:22am","epoch":1335179820,"text":"Nice concept, love how it looks. The controls are a bit tricky and it could just be me, but they felt a bit unresponsive. I'd ideally like them to feel a bit more fluid and (because I love my shinies) I'd like some effects when I collect atoms and when I collide with them. It's impressive that you came up with this AND and editor in the short time. Cheers!"},{"author_name":"Dr. Mo","author_uid":"8780","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:39am","epoch":1335234840,"text":"That was pretty good! It'd be nice if my molecule could rotate itself with the Q and E keys or something. Also, the fourth level is clearly broken :)"},{"author_name":"Lidfrid","author_uid":"12884","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 11:18am","epoch":1335265980,"text":"i can't go over the first obstacle :("},{"author_name":"derosa","author_uid":"5049","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 11:20am","epoch":1335266100,"text":"I thought about this same concept initially! Finally went to another one :) The controls are a bit unresponsible, like lagged, but overall a nice entry. Congrats!"},{"author_name":"Mago","author_uid":"5227","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 11:20am","epoch":1335266100,"text":"I dont know why but while playing WSAD W key doesn't work, Arrows work OK.\r<br\/>Cool game, impressive that you managed to create map editor."},{"author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 2:11pm","epoch":1335276360,"text":"Thanks.\r<br\/>About the controls, you have a lot of inertia (which can also be useful to hit stuff harder), but it seems to be perceived as unresponsiveness. And, of course, going up is even slower.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Dr. Mo:\r<br\/>I tried that, but it required a lot of the coordination to really use it.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Lidfrid:\r<br\/>Try arrows keys, Mago says that the 'w' key is broken for him.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@Mago:\r<br\/>Yeah, I probably used the wrong keyboard layout (AZERTY). Thanks for reporting that."},{"author_name":"edg3","author_uid":"2864","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 6:25pm","epoch":1335291600,"text":"I liked the idea a lot, and the implementation was sound. I didnt take a look at the editor, but Im sure it must be rather fascinating. All in all, a good job."},{"author_name":"zkenshin","author_uid":"12839","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 6:54pm","epoch":1335293340,"text":"Nice concept\/idea, but found the execution lacking just a little bit. Nice graphics and stuff though."},{"author_name":"MarekkPie","author_uid":"11038","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 7:21pm","epoch":1335294960,"text":"Controls a little too heavy to be great."},{"author_name":"Hazard","author_uid":"7512","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 10:41pm","epoch":1335306960,"text":"Very nice idea. :)"},{"author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 10:56pm","epoch":1335307860,"text":"I just documented a method to tweak your power using the editor (see above) :)"},{"author_name":"Nocturne","author_uid":"4311","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 11:12pm","epoch":1335308820,"text":"An okay game... The graphics are good enough and the gameplay is sufficient to make you want to finish each of the levels too. Extra kudos for the level editor!"},{"author_name":"ratboy2713","author_uid":"5162","time":"Apr 24, 2012 @ 11:19pm","epoch":1335309240,"text":"Ideally I would like to see a control to rotate, I spent most of my time hitting the wall to rotate to the correct position. A nice idea, speed up gameplay a bit and I could see this as a motion controlled iphone game."},{"author_name":"nornagon","author_uid":"11649","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 12:08am","epoch":1335312180,"text":"Neat idea, really felt like I was a molecule floating through space :) Some of the levels are broken though (I couldn't finish the second level because one of the yellow things was blocked behind a blue thing). Would have been nice to see some inter-particle forces as well as gravity."},{"author_name":"Alink","author_uid":"11244","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 1:32am","epoch":1335317220,"text":"@norganan or others stuck in the second level. Don't forget to hit 'space' to retry a level. Maybe you will notice what you did wrong."},{"author_name":"bastiandantilus","author_uid":"4126","time":"Apr 25, 2012 @ 8:08pm","epoch":1335384180,"text":"Looks cool... but hard to play. Challenge is one thing, but this is just frustrating. Good basis to create something fun from, though."},{"author_name":"firstrowgames","author_uid":"12558","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 12:45am","epoch":1335400800,"text":"fun game :)"},{"author_name":"bms","author_uid":"7087","time":"Apr 26, 2012 @ 6:09pm","epoch":1335463440,"text":"Good job! really original concept and fun little physics game :D\r<br\/>The only prolem I had was; the molecule we control is a bit slow.. and also the background is black, I recommend using a different color like dark grey or dark blue instead of black. I know it sounds stupid but it really makes a difference in my opinion :D"},{"author_name":"Daisuke909","author_uid":"8522","time":"Apr 27, 2012 @ 5:11pm","epoch":1335546360,"text":"This does a great job getting it across that you're looking at something heavily magnified.  The physics are nice too.  That being said, the controls are a little clunky."},{"author_name":"otaviogood","author_uid":"12630","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 3:28pm","epoch":1335626580,"text":"Fun. Got frustrated though when I realized I had to start over at the beginning to get the last ball which was stuck. Good concept though."},{"author_name":"FunkyDelPueblo","author_uid":"10282","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 3:29pm","epoch":1335626640,"text":"Nice physics! The second level's damn near impossible, but I had a lot of fun wedging things out on the first! Some background music would have helped with the mood, too."},{"author_name":"Mach60KAS","author_uid":"5788","time":"Apr 28, 2012 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1335626760,"text":"Quite a good LD entry, I had a bit of fun playing this. I felt trying to move some of the molecules was harder than it needed to be at times, but otherwise the controls were very nice."},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"May 3, 2012 @ 8:05am","epoch":1336032000,"text":"Excellent!  The inertia feels completely natural; not unresponsive at all, if you understand the whole point.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Level 2 was hardest."},{"author_name":"Endurion","author_uid":"103","time":"May 3, 2012 @ 8:19am","epoch":1336032840,"text":"Neat!\r<br\/>The second stage is nasty, if you do not try to catch some of the falling golden atoms the stage gets impossible. \r<br\/>Add controls to rotate the atom by itself, otherwise some passages are too tight.\r<br\/>The one sound scared me!"}],"images":["ld23\/11244-d9c177d09d3c4a8780b1f36aebca4a2f.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.flyingmaze.com\/games\/ld23\/bigatoms.swf","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.flyingmaze.com\/games\/ld23\/bigatoms_src.zip","text":"Source"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"30927","g_author":"11244","g_event":"LD23","g_eventkey":"10","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"30957","g_title":"Big Atoms","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"446","g_commentcount":"24","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/123793\/11244-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Move your molecule to collect all the golden atoms. Use ARROWS keys (WASD is broken). You have a lot of inertia, use it to push the others in the way. If you did something wrong, press 'SPACE' to retry.\r\n\r\nThere is only a few levels, plus a secret (impossible) one.\r\n\r\nA complicated level editor is included, 'Enter' to open it and test changes. \r\nEdit atoms: click, mousewheel, keypad 1-4, delete, insert(copy), h(lower)\r\nEdit Molecules: pgup\/pgdown, g(select). Black\/negative number means fixed. 0 is player.<\/p>","title":"Big Atoms"}